So it's all like
I need money
And like
I, uh
My parents are on vacation
So I can't ask them for money
While they are gone
Fuck
How am I going to get some Camel Hards?
How am I going to get my coffee
Fuck
This is what I thought to myself as I stood
I looked out to the street
The asphalt flowed like a river
The hot summer sun on the street was so hot
So it's all like the temperature was so hot that you could've fried an egg on the river of tar
The asphalt flowed like a river
And I stood in the throes of addiction
Like a frog trying to cross a river
Only this time that the river is made of asphalt
This season must be summer considering how unbearable the heat coming from the asphalt
And the summer temperatures are so hot
Imagine trying to cross a river of flame
The only people who could ever cross this river are Albert Camus and Clint Eastwood
Only men cool under pressure can ever hope to cross this river
I do not sweat
I am cool
But I do not want to cross that river
like that old spiritual song
Old Man River must know something
but he don't say nothing
So it's all like I had to do something
Fuck
I guess I will just sell some shit
My sister is married and lives up North.
She won't mind if I sell her bike
My father isn't watching the TV right now
The guy at the pawn shop gives me money
So it's all like I get my Camel Hards
My brother moved out of the house years ago
He won't miss his electric guitar
My mom doesn't use her Tiffany lamp anymore
The guy at the pawn shop gives me money
I am tired of mowing the lawn
I am 26 and still living at home
But I'm too old to mow the lawn
The guy at the pawn shop gives me money
And I just ordered a cup of coffee
And I didn't have to cross the river of asphalt to get to the pawn shop either
Can i bum a light so I can smoke my Camel Hards?
So it's all like, I am going to have to start selling more stuff at the pawn shop